Pass it on

Godsends

Pass it onA few years ago, I was
having an incredibly tough time in my life. I felt as though my world
was crumbling. Everything seemed to be going wrong for me.

To
start with, I was overworked and overwhelmed, trying to finish my
pre-med degree while holding down a night job as a nurse. I was working
through a hurtful breakup, my parents were going away for almost two
months and I was alone in the house, and my computer crashed.

But
these were only the minor things. The crisis was that I had received my
score on the MCAT (Medical College Admissions Test), a test that
determines admittance into medical school. This was an exam I had
studied for day and night for months.

I had done too poorly to gain entry. I was crushed.

Being
a doctor was my lifelong dream. Yet after years of working as a nurse
to pay my way through four long years of pre-med studies, I would have
to kiss it all good-bye. I felt that all those years with little sleep
and hard work were a total waste.

Mourning the loss of my
aspirations, I was very depressed and desperate. I figured I should
find another career since I didn't want to stay a nurse and constantly
be reminded of a failed dream as I saw all the new, young doctors.

As
I cried to my mother, who almost canceled her trip to be with me, she
told me to pray and ask God for His help and guidance. That's all I
could do, and so I did exactly that.

A few days later, a
close friend was comforting me over the phone as I cried. He told me an
anecdote about President Abraham Lincoln that I was not aware of. He
told me that everything he did in his early life was failure, failure,
failure, after failure. And then as we all know, he was a success.
Those were my friend's words.

The very next day I was waiting
in line at a store when something caught my attention. I looked up to
see a computer monitor of some sort on the cashier's booth facing me.

On
it was a picture of Abraham Lincoln -- and an inscription next to his
image that said, "Failure, failure, failure, failure, success. Pass it
on."

At that exact same second my cell phone rang. I picked it up and it was
my friend, who had told me the night before almost these exact same
words!

It was obvious to me that this was a message from G-d to not give up.

From
that day on, things started getting better and the problems started
fixing themselves. Most important, today I am halfway finished with
medical school. I am preparing for my first board exam and am at the
top of my class with a perfect grade point average.

It seems
as though He wanted me to go in this direction and did not allow me to
give up. I still receive messages from Him that direct me through my
path in life and he always comes through.

I am sharing this
with those who will read this because I believe G-d sent me a message
that day in the store to "Pass it On." I hope so much that this will
show you all that if you need help or guidance please do NOT hesitate
to ask Him.

Be open to receiving miracles and allow yourself to be touched by the hand of G-d. Bless you all.